Simulations and games: Overcoming the barriers to their use in higher education

Active Learning in Higher Education

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 207-224

  Moizer, Jonathan ^a   Lean, Jonathan ^a   Towler, Michael ^a   Abbey, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barriers; Games; Resource; Risk; Role play; Simulations; Suitability

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449337952     PISSN: 14697874     EISSN: 17412625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469787409343188     Document Type: Article

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